ELLENVILLE — The Nevele developers rolled out the red carpet — literally — Thursday for some 250 guests to showcase their new headquarters and their casino vision for a former jewel of the Borscht Belt.

A who’s who of local and county notables strolled past a 1961 Chevrolet Impala Convertible, posed for red carpet pictures with Nevele owner Michael Treanor, and walked into a replica Stardust Ballroom complete with 1960s-style mannequins and even a chairlift from the resort’s old ski slope.

“We could change Ellenville in a way that’s hard to imagine,” Treanor told the guests.

But the change will come only if voters approve table games in a November referendum and the state awards a casino permit to the Nevele, which Treanor said has a roughly 50 percent chance of happening.

The dreams for a revitalized Nevele are as majestic as the vistas from the Gunks that tower high above the resort.

The revamped Nevele would have a 2,000 foot water coaster, the longest in the world by more than 700 feet, said resort architect Peter Wilday.

A 300 foot beach would compliment one of the biggest wavepools in America, he said.

And most important in a region where unemployment is around 18 percent, a reopened Nevele would offer the equivalent of 1,700 full-time jobs.

“This is a family resort,” Wilday said. “It happens to have a casino hidden in the middle.”

And those gambling-related jobs would come quickly.

A temporary casino would open six months after getting a casino permit, Wilday said, and a golf course and 250 rooms would open within a year.

All the amenities — from a 150,000-square-foot permanent casino to 450 hotel rooms to a seven deck parking garage — would open within three years.

But obstacles remain.

Treanor told county legislators April 3 that’s he several months behind the Empire Resort in Sullivan County in planning and pushing for a casino.

“Everybody knows in their heart of hearts that I’m playing catch up to Monticello,” Treanor said.

Wawarsing supervisor Scott Carlsen said state representatives — notably John Bonacic, who leads the senate committee on gaming — need to get fully behind the project.

“Lukewarm is not good enough anymore Senator,” Carlsen told the assembled crowd. “We need you hot.”